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WK3 RECAP of Meow Memory Lane:

+ altho rather smol sample test, it's a meaningful project that can rly help process grief
+ easy fixes I can do this week

- bigger fixes require more than what framer can offer me right now, so.... *deep breath*

it's time to revisit AI coding 🫡

HOLYCOW I always felt so overwhelmed in canva, but pushed myself to give it a try... and it's incredibly powerful for content creators!

+ brand center for consistency
+ easy page animations 
+ mobile version is relatively easy

also fun little features like note taking and timer

Day 4 of #inktober theme: exotic

This lil' tree frog ain't playing 😎

#inktober2024 #inktoberday4

!! OMG IT HAPPENED! My 1st *real* user - non tester!!! 😸

How sweet is Foxy Biscuits? We found him a home in the forest oasis neighborhood 😇

🚨 I still need 1 more tester for Meow Memory Lane - please if you know anyone who has lost a kitty, connect us!

Join us this evening! The founder of Nolio, Alex Carcoana, has spent COUNTLESS hours speaking to recruiters at top companies to dissect what makes a standout portfolio for designers. 

I invited him to Sprintoflio's design mixer to spill the beans! 💅

https://lu.ma/xub9x302

LOCKED IN prepping for my first conference talk for Chicago Camp's UX Camp Fall 2024!

1st time using figma slides and found interesting things like being able to adjust the tone of my content with one click

I am restng and recharging so I won’t be hosting a hang out this week (Nov 11 - 15) but YOU CAN!

Choose a date / time, create a calendar entry with meeting info, add it to the doc, and adverise it! docs.google.com/document/d/1DjOkG4yY84ntoNKQb8K4Hy-ojckJYi3jg4VsJvBLL4g/edit

Learning is hard. 
Networking is hard. 
Finding a new job is hard

The bottom line – Growth doesn't come without pressure. 

But you know what? You don't have to do it alone!

Lets make #Learninpublic a wholesome thing :)

my goal is to get so good that my portfolio looks like a text document and people are clamoring to hire me

inktober day 2 - "discover" 👁️

wanted to animate in @jitterstudio  and play around with themes of space and math 💫

 #inktober2024 #Inktober

Day 6 #inktober - "Trek"

I'm a big Trekkie! I decided to draw Uhura with bold red!

She was one of the first African American woman depicted on TV as competent with expertise, and ofc she did it with ✨style

If you're a fan - tell me what she's looking at 😇

#inktober2024

Launching my FIRST gumroad product ever

🪴Design Career Garden System - notion template!

Everything you need to track your achievements, upskilling, networking, and job materials - includes over 100 job boards friendly to designers.

Zen vibes only!

reply if you want the link!

My sweet elderly kitty passed away a week ago. When I first started looking at memorial site, I found...

✔️3D powerpoint text😆
✔️dogs + cats, none just cats
✔️very religious perspectives

So... that's why I created Meow Memory Lane! Domain locked in, and framer about 90% there!

Revisiting my edtech dashboard and trying to decide if I want to keep this ticker animation scroll... 

Does it compete with the carousel above?
Should it be smaller or more subdued?

🙏 help a procrastinating designer out

Made some post/card concepts this week! 😍

Brainstorming on ways to make paying for a monthly subscription to my content more enticing... what if....

A - I sent you a personal post card every month?
B - sent you a mystery gift bag when you subscribed?

LAUNCH → MEASURE → LEARN → CREATE

In order for Meow Memory Lane to be impactful, I need people to test it! 

I’m looking for 5 people who have kitties that have passed away and would like to honor their legacies. 

Please tag someone you know, or ideas of where I can find them

My first read cv post! Of course it's about the topic of CRINGE 😬

Got inspired by listening to Ridd's interview with Oliur on Dive Club postcast. I really loved his quote: "get used to being cringe, and you will never be scared of anything"

This is how I feel sharing my work.

TIME magazine said... "She's an Icon, She's a Legend, and She is the Moment"

Soooo I made her into one 😍

Introducing ~Moo Deng ~ the icon✨

Hey you. Yes, YOU!

Happy Friday! you're off to great places – 𝙞𝒇 you're willing to do the steps 😇 

Day 8 of #inktober : "hike"

#inktober2024 #illustration

My soul cat passed away recently and I wanted to ugly cry into an abyss forever 😥 

Instead, I created Meow Memory Lane - a digital sanctuary where pet parents can create “memory books” for their cats.

My fellow designers: Don't wait for permission to create meaningful things.

🔥🔥🔥 WE ARE SO BACK!!! Made my first git commit since July! 

I set up Claude's Model Context Protocol (MCP) to be a coding assistant and it was easy! 

I also set up file system access so claude desktop can read and analyze my local files. 

#learninpublic

💫F I N A L L Y back to writing Kai's Howdy World #6 - a newsletter for designers learning to code

I was stuck in tutorial hell for awhile, but I crawled out 

What helped?

→ asking for help
→ using life’s swings as a catalyst
→ following the heck thru

*Almost* let this small win get away from me...

I made my first sale of the Design Career Garden System on thanksgiving - so thankful! 😊

updated my link in bio if u want it!

Hell yeah!

Nabbed the teenage engineer microsampler from my parents place before leaving

Making an intention to watch some yt vids to learn how to make beats… bc I need more hobbies 🤣☠️

🔍 Seeing things from all angles! 

Day 5 of #inktober 

As a product designer, I approach problem-solving with perspective, it’s like looking through a Rubik’s Cube lens.

How does this affect the users, the business, the devs, the industry? 

#inktober2024 #illustration

Meow Memory Lane's 4th official resident: 皮皮 !

Nestled in a victorian castle filled with lush plants, he loves it!

The pet parent wrote a beautiful poem, highly recommend heading over to the site to read it and leave a comment in the guest book.

Updated my link in bio!

While in my "experimental" side project phase, my main vibe I wanted to present was: Come Learn with me.

Any ways to improve this???

₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ happy friday the 13th! ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊

here's an oldie but goodie illustration from yours truly

yours truly = me

Mantra #2: Don't follow the leaderboard, follow the dashboard

Mantra #1: Don't talk about about it, BE about it

This was the next evolution of my mantras that I had transitioning into product design. 

We all have our own hard earned paths and timeline :)

Day 7 of #inktober : "Passport"

Presenting Pokepassport - what if we had digital passports emulating pokedex's?

What if we were able to upload photo collections of our travels? 😀

Yee-haaaw!! 🤠 what can we learn from tattoo artists, rappers, and animators??

Kai’s Howdy World - #7 is out!

• top 3 tv recs to think critically about design
• a guide to building a taste library

this ain’t your traditional designer + dev newsletter

link below 🔗

to everyone on this saturday, building their projects, updating their portfolio, making cool stuff shine:

‿୨♡୧‿ keep cooking ‿୨♡୧‿

#inktober2024 #inktober : "sun" she's a baker :3

Mantra #1 - Don't talk about it, be about it!

When I first transitioned from visual design → product design, this was my daily mantra. 

Then I realized the power of bringing people along your story! 

Mantra #2 evolution coming soon~

Day 2 of Canva!

+ Tried AI gen for "sunflowers with the pollen black area replaced with a space galaxy environment"

+ Obsessed w the animate tools - how does it understands timing with the text first and then the sunflowers 🤯

Web platform gripe...have no idea where layers are

Issue 6 of Kai's Howdy World, a newsletter for designers learning to code – is OUT! 

took abt 10 wks to get over feeling dumb and realizing it's part of the process 💚

sharing the messy journey + what actually helped

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